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- Flexible course delivery designed to fit around professional practice.
- Gain credit (up to 100 hours) for relevant industry experience.
- Tailor your studies with specialisations in project management and strategic design .
- Explore emerging practice areas such as circularity and regenerative design.
- Build skills in advanced technologies including AI and computational design.
- Engage with leading practitioners through industry events and exhibitions.
Highlights
- Flexible course delivery designed to fit around professional practice.
- Gain credit (up to 100 hours) for relevant industry experience.
- Tailor your studies with specialisations in project management and strategic design .
- Explore emerging practice areas such as circularity and regenerative design.
- Build skills in advanced technologies including AI and computational design.
- Engage with leading practitioners through industry events and exhibitions.
Why choose this course?
This course is designed to support your career progression to registered architect while you’re embedded in practice. Your professional experience is not only valued, it’s integrated in your learning.
You’ll graduate with advanced design, technical, and strategic skills that reflect a rapidly evolving profession. With opportunities to tailor your studies and engage directly with leading practitioners, you’ll be equipped to take on complex projects and leadership roles.
Real-world learning
Our learning is grounded in real practice. You’ll apply concepts directly to your professional work, gaining immediate value from your studies.
Through participation in major events such as the Australian Architecture Conference, as well as exhibitions and panel discussions, you’ll connect with leading architects and gain insight into future practice.
Your studies are also shaped by the QUT School of Architecture and Built Environment's expertise in sub-tropical design, with a strong focus on climate responsiveness, resilience, and regeneration, ensuring your skills are relevant to both local and global challenges.
The course is a two-year Master of Architecture.
The Master of Architecture builds upon your undergraduate architectural knowledge, providing you with advanced understanding in architectural design and research, contextual studies, technology and science, and studies for professional practice.
Throughout your course, you’ll learn from practicing architects and leading researchers with strong local and international industry connections.
Our curriculum employs a strong focus on sustainable systems and the application of advanced digital design tools to address sustainability at every stage of the architectural process.
Upon graduating, you’ll meet the academic requirements for membership of the Australian Institute of Architects. Graduates who have also completed two years of practical architectural experience, of which at least one year is postgraduate architectural experience, will be eligible to undertake the Architectural Practice Examination, enabling you to be eligible for registration with any Board of Architects in Australia.
Careers and outcomes
Graduates of the Master of Architecture meet the academic requirements for membership of the Australian Institute of Architects. Graduates who have also completed two years of practical architectural experience, of which at least one year is postgraduate architectural experience, will be eligible to undertake the Architectural Practice Examination, which will enable the graduate, if successful, to be eligible for registration with any Board of Architects in Australia.
Possible careers
- Architect
- Architectural engineer
- Architectural technician
- Construction manager
- Project manager
- Sustainability design consultant
- Urban designer
Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. We review fees annually, and they may be subject to increases.
2027 fees
2027: CSP $9,800 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2027 fees
2027: $46,800 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2026 fees
2026: CSP $10,700 per year full-time (96 credit points)
2026 fees
2026: $44,700 per year full-time (96 credit points)
Student services and amenities fees
You may need to pay student services and amenities (SA) fees as part of your course costs.
HECS-HELP: loans to help you pay for your course fees
You may not have to pay anything upfront if you're eligible for a HECS-HELP loan.
Student services and amenities fees
You may need to pay student services and amenities (SA) fees as part of your course costs.
You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.
International Merit Scholarship
A high achievement scholarship for future international undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance
International Talent Scholarship
A new scholarship for 2026 that covers tuition fees, with eligibility based on your prior academic achievements.
- Scholarship eligibility
- Academic performance